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Alan Watts
Generalist, specialist.
Reason for being
Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true.
Failure is the frame, not the picture.
‘No matter how far ahead I get, I always feel behind in my mind.’
Thought, said, heard, understood.
If it looks simple, it was hard.
Learning.
Whatever can happen at any time can happen today.
Said, done.
Hierarchy.
It's all relative.
We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
zero-sum, infinite-sum
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
If you sound unique, you can become irreplaceable.
Comfort vs. pain.
Cover, story.
Observer, expert, practitioner.
Well done is better than well said.
You're under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
Focus is determined by what you ignore.
Banks vs. Blockchains
Everyone, Someone.
Each man believes only his experience.
Failure = feedback.
No one is coming to save you.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.
The more you compare, the less you differentiate.
Truth, trend.
It took me years to play like myself.
You only fear being overtaken when you're not being yourself.
Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.
The giver is the recipient.
More ≠ more.
Vision
The first rule of compounding is to never interrupt it unnecessarily.
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Don't just do something, stand there.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
Movement, action.
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge.
Belief is a skill that requires practice.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
The Overthinker.
Value is subjective.
Builder, investor, trader.
It is easier to change yourself than to change the world.
Just because you can acquire the thing doesn't mean you can maintain the thing.
Take a simple idea and take it seriously.
80:20
There's a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across.
View reading as an investment.
If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.
Experience.
